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Former Department Manager at ALM Reveals Widespread Downsizing Since 2006

Guest Post Written By: Nabeal Twereet We spoke with a former ALM (American Lawyer Media) department manager today who informed…

3600 Legal Jobs Lost in June

According to the numbers released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the legal industry lost 3600 jobs in June.…

Peers Don’t Follow Weil, Gotshal & Manges in Layoffs

Intense speculation follows the industry’s individual layoffs, looking for an emergent trend. However, according to AM Law Daily, leaders of…

Weil Downsizes Their Operation to Handle the New Economy

Weil, Gotshal, and Manges managed to do well for themselves in lean times by the logic that during a plague,…

L.A. County Court Eliminating 500 or More Jobs

On Tuesday, L.A. County Court officials announced that the Los Angeles County Superior Court plans to eliminate more than 500…

Panasonic Announces Its Intention to Cut about 5000 Workers

Since about 3 years back, when Panasonic Corp received the UTH tax credit in Newark for about $102.4 million (a…

Legal Industry Sheds Secretaries

Several prominent and successful law firms across the country are reducing the size of their secretarial staff. This trend is…

Fisker Automotives Lays Off 75 Percent of Workers

On Friday, Fisker Automotive, the government-supported hybrid sports carmaker terminated the jobs of most of its workers, in order to…

Law Firm of Archer & Greiner Issues Layoffs

The law firm of Archer & Greiner has issued pink slips to 14 attorneys and 27 staff members earlier this…

Patton Boggs Reduces Headcount by 13.4 Percent – No Partners Laid Off, Yet

In an interview with the press on Friday, Edward Newberry, managing partner of Patton Boggs told that the Washington-based law…

Patton Boggs Laying Off Lawyers?

Though the law firm Paton Boggs has not yet confirmed any news of laying off lawyers, there are rumors circulating…

Partners at Law Firms Facing Cuts

  Big law firms across the country have recently cut their junior lawyer and staff members in the recent years…